Octavian de Valois

Octavian, Baron de Valois (1448-August 1503) was the Baron of Valois and cousin of Louis XII of France.

Biography
Octavian was a member of the House of Valois, a distant cousin of Louis XII of France. In 1498, when his cousin was crowned as the King of France, he was made the commander of French troops in the Italian Wars. In 1499 he agreed to serve as a general of the Papal States' Spanish Borgia family, believing that he would be rewarded with land by Rodrigo Borgia.

In 1500 Octavian took Monteriggioni from the Hashshashin of Italy, killing Mario Auditore and destroying the Assassins. His nephew Ezio Auditore de la Firenze swore revenge against the Baron de Valois and the Borgia Family for killing his uncle.

Death
Auditore decided that he could not reach Cesare Borgia if he could not strip him of his French protection gained by Valois' presence in Italy. Aided by Bartolomeo d'Alviano, whose wife had been kidnapped by Valois, he stormed the French base with mercenaries. Ezio slipped away in the melee, and Octavian was assassinated from the air by Ezio. The Baron realized the error of his ways as Ezio told him that respect was neither inherited nor purchased, and he passed away.